Social protection definition

Especially in a country with a fairly full set of social protection policies, having some coordination among them can be helpful. Thus the definition of old age used for a social pension might be the same as that used for a contributory pension scheme. Similarly, the definition of unemployment in a social assistance program might be the same as for unemployment insurance or verified by registration with the labor bureau. 

Pharmacies are affected by these rules in two ways. Pharmacies, by definition, deal with PHI (e.g., a prescription itself is PHI). If the pharmacy uses a computer, the information is then electronic and is known as ePHI (Barlas, 2004). HIPAA protects all individually identifiable health information held or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associate in any form or media, whether electronic, paper, or oral (DHHS, 2003). This covered information includes demographic data, including the individual s physical or mental health (past, present, or future) the health care provided to the individual and payment information and common identifiers (e.g., name, address, birth date, and Social Security Number) that can be used to identify the individual. Pharmacies must have numerous policies and procedures in place to be in compliance with the HIPPA mandates. These include conducting risk assessments, appointing security and privacy officers to ensure compliance, and implementing policies and procedures to detect and prevent security violations. 

To the second question, the failure of the human system, it is harder to give a definite answer, this being a matter more for the social sciences than the natural sciences. The matter was pursued over a wide range of operators, designers, safety experts, etc. The reader may feel able to reach the same conclusion as the Working Group that no inherent weakness has been identified but that the price of safety is continuous vigilance. The installation in UK nuclear power stations of extensive automatic equipment to protect the reactor plant from faulty actions by operators, and also the provision of plant protection under abnormal situations, is therefore to be welcomed. 

Within Europe, The Maastricht Treaty introduced as a principle objective, the promotion of sustainable growth with respect to the environment The word "sustainable", as used here is intended "to reflect a policy and strategy for continued economic and social development without detriment to the environment and the natural resources on the quality of which continued human activity and further development depend". The treaty specifies that this policy "must aim at a high level of protection and that environmental protection requirements must be integrated into the definition and implementation of other community policies". 

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